And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
And Gideon said to him, 'Oh my Lord, if the LORD is really with us, then why has all this trouble happened to us? Where are all the miracles our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Didn't the LORD bring us out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.'
Gideon is honestly questioning God about why His people are suffering and where His power has gone, feeling abandoned in their time of need.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Judges, Israel was in a cycle of disobedience to God, which led to repeated oppression by neighboring nations like the Midianites as a form of divine discipline. Gideon, an ordinary farmer from the tribe of Manasseh, was called by God through an angel to lead his people against this oppression, but he expressed doubt due to their current suffering. He referenced the miraculous Exodus from Egypt, a story passed down from their ancestors, to question why God seemed absent now.
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